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PERKINS, Wesley Niles - Date of
birth
20 May 1926 -
Age
18 - Place of
birth
Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts -
Hometown
Webster Groves, St. Louis County, Missouri
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
17163288 -
Rank
Private -
Function
unknown -
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
137th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
10 January 1945 - Place of
death
Near Villers-la-Bonne-Eau, Belgium
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| F | 7 | 15 |
Immediate family
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Members
Clarence E. Perkins (father)
Gladys I. (Blackburn) Perkins (mother)
Albert L. Perkins (brother)
More information
Pvt Wesley N. Perkins graduated from Webster Groves High School in June 1943.He joined the U.S. Army Reserve at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri on 3 June 1944 and arrived in France on 10 December 1944.
He was killed by small arms fire in his chest and neck.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / All my family, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com – Eric Ackerman, www.newspapers.com – The News Times 1 February 1945
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com – U.S. School Yearbooks Webster Groves, Missouri